Irma Thomas - "Wade in the Water"

[TheFrostShow]

She has a beautiful voice!

[JackGBowman]

now now, don't judge...

as to this, just feel it whoaaaaaaa, waid inthe water children....

[jump183]

The One Person Who Disliked This Can Drown In The Water

[lov3ani]

nobody can sing this as well and as powerful as Irma. the fast tempo of the other versions just ruin the songs meaning.

[robertbackusvt]

January 9, 2010 - yesterday, two miles from my home, a gunman motivated by, I do not know what, but certainly hate, gunned down 19 people, of whom six have died. A seventh, our representative, Gabrielle Giffords, hands on by a thread. We sang this song today at the beginning of church and I cried. I cried because it is so true that we wade in the waters of life, the cold muddy waters of life. This song is so beautifully evocative of our need for grace in the face of hate and oppression.

[outerspaceoutpost]

This spiritial has great meaning for me because it hold's dear the struggles of my

ansesters & the promises of God my Father washing us clean though baptism to be

eternally his through Christ our Lord & bringing w/ it brothers & sisters freedom from

the shared guilt & of true redemption of wholeness through Christ's suffering. AMEN!

Glory to our King & God. God Bless & Peace to all.

[jessicolombis]

Im hispanic but raised in a black community and i grew up with this song, i love it so much and i would randomly sing it sometimes but i didnt know where i was getting this song from, but now i remember !

[cynthiakrueger1]

Wow I love this song, I'm gonna sing it all week.  Thank you!

[Bluescanuck]

It's just you Giggaman523.

[fungirl1950]

It was her hand?

[giggaman523]

is it me or is one of her breast out?

[snyeci]

That's her hand

[colyalbaitz]

beautiful voice

[CHRiSToDaPauL3]

i like your voice it is the best

[BakedKipling]

Simply amazing performance! Gotta say though, and despite not being performed in the same way as here, Eva Cassidy's version has in my honest opinion, the greatest vocals on any version of this song

[rmmartin100]

Eva Cassidy does have a great voice, but NEVER be able to capture the true meaning and feeling of thes song the way my ancestors did when it was written, there is no better way for this song to be sung other than the OLD NEGRO WAY, because when they sung it it had a tremendousthe amount of meaning to it. Any other way is just disgraceful, to my people. You have to be able to unserstand the true and full meaning of the powerfullness of This OLD NEGRO SPIRITUAL.

[StradMan37]

Sweet Irma Thomas!!!

Gospel Hammond B-3!!!

Gospel/Blues Tenor Sax!!!

What more you need, now!!!

[head2tropics]

You are so uniformed! Do you know great gospel spirituals? Baby - this is one of the best!

[Bobbo293]

Keep at it, Irma! One day your version might be as good as Cherry Lee Mewis's!

[coy0te9]

you're telling us an English newbie can do a southern black spiritual better than a soul legend? You must be Cherry Lee's boyfriend or something.

[rmbb10]

She betta sang.

[hellodoggykat]

she is so good omg

[truth0amber15]

thank you very much. im glade you took the time to explain it.

[truth0amber15]

i dont understand when it says " god will trouble the water" can some one exsplain it to me.

[mlemleemily]

the slaves used to sing this song as a warning when the "masters" would take the hounds to look for runaways. it would tell the escapee that he was being searched for, and to get in the water so the hound would loose his scent trail. it was also sang for baptisms, thus "wade in the water" and the line "god's gonna trouble the water" was symbolic of christ bringing his people back to him through baptism.

[FrankProductionsx3]

Amazing!

[xxFairyNemoxx]

Wow absoloutely amazing...xx

[bankebrum]

Cool Stuff!!

[trashromance]

great - she just has such a voice!

traditional arrangement too.